Background

Mr. Salvatore J. Zizza serves as the President of Zizza & Associates Corp., a private holding company which invests in various industries. Mr. Zizza served as the Chief Executive Officer of General Employment Enterprises Inc. from January 23, 2009 and as its Chairman of the Board until December 26, 2012. He is Co-Founder of e-Corporate English and serves as its Chairman. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Bion Environmental Technologies Inc., since ... January 13, 2003. He served as an Executive Vice President and Treasurer of First Medical Group Inc. since 1997. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of First Medical Group Inc. from April 16, 1991 to August 22, 1991 and as its President from October 1985 to April 16, 1991. He served as Executive Vice President of FMG Group. He served as President, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer of NICO Construction Company, Inc., from 1978 to 1985. From 1985 to 1997, he served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The LVI Group, Inc. He served as a Lending Officer for Chemical Bank. Mr. Zizza served as the Chairman of the Board, President and Treasurer of Initial Acquisition Corp. from November 1992 to March 1997. He has been Non Executive Chairman of Horbor BioSciences, Inc. since March 27, 2009. He serves as Chairman of BAM. He has been the Chairman of Projects Group at Bion Environmental Technologies Inc. since January 2006. He serves as Director of Projects Group. Mr. Zizza has been the Chairman of the Board of Hallmark Electrical Supplies Corp. since 1997. He serves as the Chairman of Zizza & Co. Ltd. He has been Non-Executive Chairman of Harbor Diversified, Inc. (also known as Harbor BioSciences, Inc. and Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) since march 27, 2009. He serves as the Chairman of Metropolitan Paper Recycling, Inc., Bethlehem Advanced Materials, Bergen Cove Realty, Inc., and Bion Dairy Corp. He is responsible for financing all of the capital needs of Metropolitan and for developing its sales portfolio with major real estate customers in the metropolitan area. He joined Metropolitan in 2005 to provide financial support and long-term business planning. He serves as the Chairman of Westwood Funds - Equity Fund and has been its Trustee since 1994. He served as the Chairman of the Board of First Medical Group Inc. since April 16, 1991. Mr. Zizza served as Chairman of the Board of Bethlehem Corporation since 1995. He serves as Vice Chairman and Director of National Italian American Foundation. He has been the Vice Chairman of Trans-Lux Corporation since September 29, 2010. He has been an Independent Trustee of The GDL Fund since November 2006. He has been an Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities Fund Inc. since April 24, 1991. He serves as Lead Independent Director of Harbor Diversified, Inc. and previously served the same position from March 2006 to March 2009. Mr. Zizza has been a Director of Harbor Diversified, Inc. since March 1997. He serves as a Trustee of TETON Funds in Fund Complex. He serves as a Director/trustee of 26 funds in the fund complex of Gabelli Funds and GAMCO Funds. He has been a Director of Trans-Lux Corp., since 2009. He is a Director of St. David's school. He is a Trustee of Private Boys School, NYC. He served as a Director of First Medical Group Inc. since April 16, 1991. He served as a Director of General Employment Enterprises Inc., from January 8, 2010 to December 26, 2012. He served as a Director of Earl Scheib Inc. from March 1, 2004 to April 2009. He has been Independent Trustee of The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust since 2004. He served as a Director of Bion Environmental Technologies Inc. from December 23, 1999 to February 2003. He served as a Director of The Credit Store Inc. since May 2001. He was an Independent Financial Consultant. Mr. Zizza received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and his Master of Business Administration in Finance from St. John's University, which also has awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Commercial Sciences in 2007.

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